Photo: Jakob Ebrey Photography
Carlin’s Nicolai Kjaergaard set the fastest time of the BRDC British F3 test ahead of this weekend’s season opener at Oulton Park.
Kjaergaard lapped the circuit in 1m30.774s in the second of four sessions.?Jordan Cane, who is standing in for the injured Alexandra Mohnhaupt at Douglas Motorsport this weekend, was second quickest for Douglas Motorsport, posting a lap time in the third session which was 0.254s adrift of Kjaergaard’s benchmark.
Spa test pace-setter Linus Lundqvist completed the top three for?Double R Racing.?Clement Novalak, who will race in five BRDC British F3 events this season, was fourth fastest for Carlin.
Karun Chandhok’s protege Kush Maini was fifth for Lanan Racing ahead of 2017 Ginetta Junior champion Tom Gamble and Billy Monger, who will make his return to competitive racing this weekend for the first time since April last year.
Race winner Krish Mahadik and Jamie Chadwick were eighth and ninth fastest for Double R Racing and Douglas Motorsport respectively.
Manuel Maldonado completed the top 10 for Fortec Motorsports, with Renault Sport Academy member Sun Yue Yang 11th in front of Maldonado’s team-mate?Tristan Charpentier.
BRDC British F3 Oulton Park test results?
| Pos | Name | Team | Time/Gap |
| 1 | Nicolai Kjaergaard | Carlin | 1m30.774s |
| 2 | Jordan Cane | Douglas Motorsport | +0.254s |
| 3 | Linus Lundqvist | Double R Racing | +0.555s |
| 4 | Clement Novalak | Carlin | +0.565s |
| 5 | Kush Maini | Lanan Racing | +0.726s |
| 6 | Tom Gamble | ?Fortec Motorsports | +0.792s |
| 7 | Billy Monger | Carlin | +0.818s |
| 8 | Krish Mahadik | Double R Racing | +0.871s |
| 9 | Jamie Chadwick | Douglas Motorsport | +0.919s |
| 10 | Manuel Maldonado | Fortec Motorsports | +0.975s |
| 11 | Sun Yue Yang | Carlin | +0.979s |
| 12 | Tristan Charpentier | Fortec Motorsports | +1.077s |
| 13 | Sasakorn Chaimongkol | Hillspeed | +1.362s |
| 14 | ?Joshua Mason | Lanan Racing | +1.503s |
| 15 | Arvin Esmaeili | Douglas Motorsport | +1.553s |
| 16 | Pavan Ravishankar | Double R Racing | +1.578s |
| 17 | Chia Wing Hoong | Chris Dittmann Racing | +1.755s |
| 18 | Ben Hurst | Hillspeed | +3.397s |